Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-14
MAJOR MAGINNIS.

The presence Of ex-delegate Maginnis il
the city during the past day or two pro
voked the Inter Mountain t. rehash the
stale misrepresentation and rot concern
ing that gentleman and other leading Dem
ocrats in the Territory which. since thu
last general election, have occasionally ap
peared in the columns of that paper. THE
MINER does not propose to give promi
nence to or dignity the statements of the
Inter Mountain by entering into a lengthy
denial OF their truth. 1t is we'll known tina
the people OF Montana would he pleased to
see Major Maginnis Governor of the Terri
tory, and it is equally well known they
were disappointed and many OF them in.
dignant because he was not appointed. But
the cause which led President Cleveland to
look elsewhere for the chief executive of the
Trrritory did not proceed from the pres.
ence Of Senator Vest and Speaker Carlisle
at the White House Immediately after Gov
ernor Hauser had passed in his resignation.
This is what the Inter Mountain i~nsinuates,
at the same time intimating that Governor
Hauser and Delegate Toole, who both
" NAhJOA ANdSluul6 lOT Lue UOV-
ernorship, were false to him. Nothing
ID more foreign to the truth,
Now the reason why President Cleveland
did not appoint Major Maginnis Governor
OF Montana is the President knew the
Major was in Washington all last winter in
the interest of the Montana Central rail-
way, urging the passage Of the right of way
bill for that road through the Northern In
dian reservation. He also knew the people
OF Montana had rejected by a majority OF
nearly 1000 the attorney OF a rival road
as a candidate for Delegate to Congress.
Knowing these facts President Cleveland
felt that consistency. il not the wishes OF
the people OF Montana. demanded he should
appoint as Governor OF the Territory a
man who was in no way connected with or
interested in any railway passing through
it. These are the facts in a nutshell.
All the Inter Mountains declarations
and charges that there is an irrepressible
conflict between the Missourians and
1rishmen OF Montana, and that Major Ma
ginnis was sacrificed by the former be.
cause he is Of Irish extraction, is unaduI
terated rot. And they come with bad
grace from the organ OF a party in Silver
Bow County, which has no use for foreign
born citizens only as voters. and which
invariably defeats those it dominates for
important Offices, as Is instanced by the
slaughterine of Edwin Edwards and Cap.
tain Reynolds, both Englishmen. In view
OF the record the Inter Mountain has made
against Major Maginnis, that gentleman
will take it's ''guff' with many grains OF
salt.
The MINER recognizes in Major Maginnis
. gentleman who has devoted many of the
best years of his life to the service of the
people OF Montana. That he served them
faithfully, honestly, ably and efficiently is
attested in his repeated victories over the
best men in the Republican party and in
his present popularity as a private citizen.
Should he ever again choose to enter pbb-
lie life he will find his old-time political
friends ranging themselves beside him and
fighting for his success. The people OF Mon
tana have a warm place in their hearts for
Major Maginnis and unite in fervent wishes |
for his success in the great enterprise in
which he il nov interesting himself.